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Coupled 3D modeling of turbidity maximum dynamics in the Loire estuary, France

Introduction
Objectives of the model
Model description
Hydrodynamic calibration
Salinity calibration
– Classical mixing length and K-epsilon models
– The multilayer mixing length
Suspended sediment transport and bed consolidation model
– Deposition rate and setting velocity
– Verification of the suspended sediment transport
– Verification of the bed dynamics
Future work
Acknowledgments
References